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RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, a young Black man who was killed during a traffic stop by Memphis police officers, speaks during a news conference at Mt. Olive Cathedral CME Church in Memphis, Tennessee, Jan. 27. (OSV News/Reuters/Alyssa Pointer)

Tyre Nichols' mom, Mary and other Mothers of the Movement

Efran Menny connects the recent tragedy in Memphis to the suffering Mother of God, seen in the mothers of Black men murdered in an unjust America.

Kirk Whalum appears in the documentary "Humanité, the Beloved Community." (NCR screenshot/YouTube)

Kirk Whalum on Catholic conversion, gospel jazz, and finding identity in God

Kirk Whalum, a multi-Grammy Award-nominated saxophonist and composer, sat down with Black Catholic Messenger to discuss his faith journey, his musical inspirations, and his relationship with a certain African-American saint-to-be who also happens to be his kin.

Shawnee Daniels-Sykes (Courtesy of Mount Mary University)

Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, pioneer of Black Catholic womanist ethics, dies

Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, the nation's only Black Catholic female bioethicist, has died at the age of 61 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

 

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